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Date:      Tue, 17 Jan 1995 14:29:37 +1100
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org, j@uriah.sax.de
Subject:   Re: Colorado 250 Tape Drive
Message-ID:  <199501170329.OAA23004@godzilla.zeta.org.au>

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>| Next, make sure the device is configured into your kernel.  By default
>| it is disabled because it apparently causes problems with some peoples'
>| systems.  You will need to build a new kernel.  Your config should have:
>| 
>| disk            fd0     at fdc0 drive 0
>| disk            fd1     at fdc0 drive 1
>| tape            ft0     at fdc0 drive 2
>| 
>| make sure this last line isn't commented out.

>As far as i know, the fdc line in the config file does also need a
>``flags 0x1'' clause (right after the `bio' keyword), otherwise the ft
>probe will be skipped.

History: ft0 was added to generic in case someone wants to install from
ft0.  This broke some systems without ft0.  The correct way to fix this
is to disable ft0 at (static) config time.  However, there is no way to
statically configure the device enable flag (it isn't in `flags' and
config always sets it to 1).  The 0x1 flag was hacked on instead.

Bruce



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